Aplicársela
(verb phrase)C1 (¡Eres un chingón!)Used EVERYWHERE 🇲🇽Slang 🌶️
Meanings / Uses:
👉 to get someone good / to pull one over on someone
👉 to outplay / outmaneuver someone (sports, competition, romance)
➡️ to get back at someone (in certain contexts)
💡 The core idea here is getting one over on someone in some sense.
Oh, and the la never changes!
👉 to outplay / outmaneuver someone (sports, competition, romance)
➡️ to get back at someone (in certain contexts)
💡 The core idea here is getting one over on someone in some sense.
Oh, and the la never changes!
Examples:
Me la aplicó el Pelos.
El Pelos got me good.
¡Bandido se la aplicó a Místico!
Bandido got the better of Místico.
Él sabía que Gerónimo se la había aplicado.
He knew Gerónimo had pulled one over on him.
🔁 Similar words:
volárselapasarsedesquitarse
⚠️ Tone
✅ VERY common and VERY tricky!
✅ Meaning depends heavily on context.
❌ Not typically used in formal contexts.
Useful Chunks:
- Se la aplicó. — He got him good. / He pulled one over on him.
- Te la voy a aplicar, ¿eh? — I’ll get you back for that, huh!
- ¡Te la aplicaron! — They got you!
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Man, this is so awesome! Hopefully, with this website, I'll finally be able to listen to guys like Franco Escamilla or Carlos Ballarta without feverishly rummaging through the dictionary every 2 seconds
@FutureMexicana Yep, this one’s REALLY good (even if I do say so myself, jiji)! I honestly heard it sooooo many times before it clicked!
And yeah, that’s the idea behind MexiVerse + the chunk system: eventually being able to process high-level native speech, even when it’s messy. I mean, it’s a language, so it’s obviously not going to happen overnight, but it’s 100% going to expedite the process.